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Niccolo Machiavelli›The Prince›Full Text›Chapter 20

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Chapter XX — Are Fortresses, and Other Things, Advantageous or Hurtful?

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ARE FORTRESSES AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL

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About This Book

Niccolo Machiavelli

AuthorNiccolo Machiavelli

Published1532

BranchesPolitical Philosophy, Ethics

Chapters26

Pages83

TranslatorW.K Marriott

Edition1908

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Chapters

Chapter I — How Many Kinds of Principalities There Are

Chapter II — Concerning Hereditary Principalities

Chapter III — Concerning Mixed Principalities

Chapter IV — Why the Kingdom of Darius Did Not Rebel Against Alexander

Chapter V — Governing Cities That Lived Under Their Own Laws

Chapter VI — Principalities Acquired by One's Own Arms and Ability

Chapter VII — Principalities Acquired by Others' Arms or Fortune

Chapter VIII — Principalities Obtained by Wickedness

Chapter IX — Concerning a Civil Principality

Chapter X — On the Strength of Principalities

Chapter XI — Concerning Ecclesiastical Principalities

Chapter XII — How Many Kinds of Soldiery There Are, and Concerning Mercenaries

Chapter XIII — Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, and One's Own

Chapter XIV — A Prince on the Subject of the Art of War

Chapter XV — Things for Which Men, and Especially Princes, Are Praised or Blamed

Chapter XVI — Concerning Liberality and Meanness

Chapter XVII — Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether It Is Better to Be Loved or Feared

Chapter XVIII — Concerning the Way in Which Princes Should Keep Faith

Chapter XIX — That One Should Avoid Being Despised and Hated

Chapter XX — Are Fortresses, and Other Things, Advantageous or Hurtful?

Chapter XXI — How a Prince Should Conduct Himself to Gain Renown

Chapter XXII — Concerning the Secretaries of Princes

Chapter XXIII — How Flatterers Should Be Avoided

Chapter XXIV — Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost Their States

Chapter XXV — What Fortune Can Effect in Human Affairs and How to Withstand Her

Chapter XXVI — An Exhortation to Liberate Italy from the Barbarians